Perfect fit, even though they’re marked as a size 6 (and, in my experience, Borns usually tend to run about a half-size small).

And the price? I could scarcely believe it:

No, really. Let’s look again:

And a third time, for luck:

I swear to y’all, I almost started hyperventilating right there in the store. My hands were shaking as I tried them on. Would they? Could they? YES, my friends.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

When I got home and showed them off to Jeff (he was about as impressed as you’d think he would be (not very)), I decided to do a bit of archaeology and see how much these puppies would’ve cost in a real store.

So I started peeling:

and peeling:

There were seriously like 10 layers of clearance labels on these shoes.